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AMERICA'S ANSWER ! PRODUCTION. 1942. 30x401/4 inches. U. S. Government Printing Office. Condition B+: vertical and horizontal folds; restored loss in lower right corner; repaired tears and overpainting in image. Designed and issued in 1941, six months before the bombing of Pearl Harbor, the U.S. Government re-issued this poster on a larger scale a year later when the war machine was heavily reliant on the mighty output from American factories. Here, power, technology and strength are combined in a modern, almost mechanical style that reflects the influence of Cassandre and McKnight Kauffer (far more so than in the other war posters Carlu created for both France and the U.S.A.). This strong concept, treated in a bold, post-cubist style is certainly one of the best and most spectacular American posters produced during World War II. Word & Image p. 93, Modern Poster 197, 20th Century p. 171, Johnson 45, Design for Victory p. 24, Zeman p. 69.
